Made For More
Small Business Fund Grant Winners
Ball® home canning products is pleased to present the top 10 winners for the inaugural Made For More Small Business Fund who have gone above and beyond to give back to their communities during the pandemic. With so many deserving entries it was difficult to narrow the list.
Winners were decided on by public voting and will receive $10,000 in business funding, be featured on the brand’s social media channels, and gain exposure to senior Newell Brands executives.
Bird & Branch
We are a small independent coffee shop near Times Square in New York City. During the height of the pandemic in NYC, we closed our shop to the public to reduce the spread of COVID19. Instead, we used our little shop to prepare and deliver breakfast,…
Delicacies Jewelry
We believe food is love, giving back is baked in, and Ball 4-ounce jars deliver pure goodness. We are Delicacies Jewelry, the world’s first full-line of fine jewelry for food lovers, established in 2013. Our food jewelry pays homage to whole, simple ingredients including garlic, rosemary,…
Dig This Chick
A fourth generation Montanan raising a fifth, I am founder and owner of Dig This Chick (www.digandco.com), a brand that inspires connection, adventure and experience on the homefront and in the wild. Since 2007, through my writing, social channels, educational classes and online marketplace, I encourage…
Mama’s Salsa
We’re currently raising $1,000 to go towards a local cafe in the heart of Downtown Raleigh. They serve meals to the homeless & impoverished people of our community with no questions asked. We’ve also participated in a fundraising event where all of the proceeds went to…
McVicker Pickles
McVicker Pickles is a woman-owned business making pickles, preserves and cocktail mixes featuring the best of California’s seasonal produce. We are located right in the heart of San Francisco, sourcing as much of our produce as possible from nearby farmer’s markets. Founder Kelly McVicker teaches workshops…
Prep To Your Door
During the pandemic, we’ve served 77,000 meals in 3900 jars. YES, you read that correctly. We are a zero-waste business, in which we serve ALL meals in mason jars and pick the empties up each week when we drop off the new jars, like the milkman!…
Rock N RollZ Nashville
My wife and I have both worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. When the pandemic hit, we both found ourselves unemployed, literally overnight. With no work and no possibility of any work on the horizon, we took our love of baking and sourdough…
Rootwork Herbals
Rootwork Herbals is a collective whose work includes various projects within herbalism that seek to build mutually beneficial relationships between people, plants, and planet. The Rootwork Herbals community has grown to include a herbal product line, a herbalism school, herbal health consultations, a Black, Indigenous, People…
SweetLeighs Cakes
In some ways, my bakery is the same now as it was when I started it over a decade ago: it was a hobby/side job (I’m an architect fulltime), I am the only employee, and I have always tried to partner with and donate to my…
The Flower Lady
Hi! My name is Christina and I am the happy owner and flower farmer-florist behind the business: The Flower Lady. I live, work, and grow fresh cut flowers and herbs for a variety of local clients in historic Over-the-Rhine, a small neighborhood in the inner city…
Finalists